I have a bird sanctuary near my house in my house. No, but seriously, as I've mentioned before, my brother has Autism and is obsessed with pirates, so we have a blue parakeet, a grey and white cockatiel, a miniture macaw, and an African grey parrot. Well, their names are Weiss, Nero, Huntz, and Smokey. Well, Smokey, the African Grey I sometimes call Demon Bird, because both he and the Macaw, Huntz, talk, but where Huntz just sounds like an infant babbling, Smokey can not only repeat what you say, but do it with your voice and tone.
Well, when we first got him, the only person he liked was my dad, now he only likes my father and myself, and recently he's begun letting me reach into his cage and stroke him, ... pervs, and feed him. See, he used to try to bite me, and when he bites, he bit my mutti once, you bleed for forever and a day, because his beak is strong enough to crack walnuts.
So, uh, he's repeated something from every one in my house, ( and his previous owner ) but not me, but I still try to teach him new words.. mostly in Spanish, German, French, anything but English. So today, I sat down, sprayed him with a bit of water, and then started with, "Como te llamas?" As I always do, and he just stared, pupils dialating.. So I have no idea why, but then I decided, why not try some French with him, I'd never tried that before. So, I said the ever cliche line from Moulin Rouge," Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir", and it was so hilarious, because guess what was the first thing he's ever repeated in my voice was? xD
BTW, I'm too lazy to take a picture of him but all African Greys look the same, or at least this one looks exactly like him, enjoy:
Well, when we first got him, the only person he liked was my dad, now he only likes my father and myself, and recently he's begun letting me reach into his cage and stroke him, ... pervs, and feed him. See, he used to try to bite me, and when he bites, he bit my mutti once, you bleed for forever and a day, because his beak is strong enough to crack walnuts.
So, uh, he's repeated something from every one in my house, ( and his previous owner ) but not me, but I still try to teach him new words.. mostly in Spanish, German, French, anything but English. So today, I sat down, sprayed him with a bit of water, and then started with, "Como te llamas?" As I always do, and he just stared, pupils dialating.. So I have no idea why, but then I decided, why not try some French with him, I'd never tried that before. So, I said the ever cliche line from Moulin Rouge," Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir", and it was so hilarious, because guess what was the first thing he's ever repeated in my voice was? xD
BTW, I'm too lazy to take a picture of him but all African Greys look the same, or at least this one looks exactly like him, enjoy:
